Hans Seidel (Seidl, Seyel, Seydel), an Anabaptist martyr of Murau, who was seized with Hans Donner of Wels at St. Veit in Carinthia, Austria, on the Wednesday before Christmas in 1538. Both were beheaded after a valiant confession of their faith.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 450. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.